ARTIST INFORMATION

Mario Bencomo (b. 1953) is a Cuban-born, American artist. His work relates to the ambiguity of form found in the natural world, literature, poetry, art history and personal experience; often blurring the line between the spiritual from the sensual. He never broke away from his original cultural links to Cuba or later Spain, where he lived before he arrived in New York at the age of 14 in 1968, and later to Miami, where he was formed as an artist. He often returns to Europe for extended stays, and for many years now, to Montreal, Canada, where he also works on many of his paintings and drawings.

He has participated in cultural panels and lectures on his work at museums and cultural institutions, including the Golda Meir Center, Denver, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Panama, NSU Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Naples Museum of Art, FL, Ottawa School of Art, Ontario, Canada and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.